Curious Reason To Go Yesterday (1 Viewer)

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RPHunt

New Member

• Aug 12, 2013

• #1

Just been told by a friend that his brother-in-law went to Sixfields yesterday. According to my friend, his brother-in-law had never been to the Ricoh and had attended Highfield Road two or three times in twenty years. He went yesterday, apparently, out of "curiosity".

I wonder how many of the other "fans" went yesterday for similar reasons and will never be seen again?

 

Nick

Administrator

• Aug 12, 2013

• #2

The main reason I am tempted to go is curiosity.

 

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ccfcmustang

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• Aug 12, 2013

• #3

Curiosity to go to a 7000 seater stadium 34 miles away from where your team originate? the most curious thing is this hill in which you can see the game for free

 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member

• Aug 12, 2013

• #4

Said this a while back that some people might go to a game for the 'novelty factor'. Of course persuading people to go to one game on that basis is a lot different to persuading them to go every week.

 

cornoccfc

Member

• Aug 12, 2013

• #5

chiefdave said:

Said this a while back that some people might go to a game for the 'novelty factor'. Of course persuading people to go to one game on that basis is a lot different to persuading them to go every week.

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I think that will be increasingly popular with people in Northampton, particularly with 5-4 scorelines.

 

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theferret

Well-Known Member

• Aug 12, 2013

• #6

I expect the crowd to go up for the Preston game - there will undoubtedly be a few that sat out the first game and went to the Ricoh instead, but who will now start going (I'm talking a few hundred), but I think its fair to say that when the midweek games come along, and as the season drags on, numbers will plummet even further.

 

percy

Member

• Aug 12, 2013

• #7

theferret said:

I expect the crowd to go up for the Preston game - there will undoubtedly be a few that sat out the first game and went to the Ricoh instead, but who will now start going (I'm talking a few hundred), but I think its fair to say that when the midweek games come along, and as the season drags on, numbers will plummet even further.

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I don't understand why people would have missed the first game due to the charity game being on, especially as it kind of doubled up as a protest against the move.

 

skybluebeduff

Well-Known Member

• Aug 12, 2013

• #8

Curiosity killed the cat, do you want the same fate?

 

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Ashdown1

New Member

• Aug 12, 2013

• #9

Apart from the distance and it's locality even within Northampton, it's a shit second rate League 2 type stadium, you can see that from the photo's from yesterday.

Forget the politics, the Ricoh is purpose built for the Championship at least and in reality when full would grace the Premiership. The corporate facilities and lounges and its proximity to the M6 make it vastly superior. When the land around, including the train stop have been developed it will improve even more !

I'm not curious about Sixfields, not at all !!

 

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Steve.B50

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• Aug 12, 2013

• #10

Same here Ashdown, not curious at all.

 

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RPHunt

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• Aug 12, 2013

• #11

Just had another email about the brother-in-law mentioned in the original post:

"I should add that xxxx always seems to be much happier at family funerals rather than at family weddings and is the sort of person who would cheerfully attend a public execution".

 

Karl87

New Member

• Aug 12, 2013

• #12

I saw a Facebook friend post earlier today that he is considering going to Sixfields. He isn't a Coventry fan but lives in Northampton and quite fancies seeing a cheap game of entertaining football (9 goals!) and was saying he's tempted to go as a neutral.

I wonder how many people in Northampton will be doing likewise.

 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member

• Aug 12, 2013

• #13

I knew a bloke who went yesterday, he likes testing out pies you see, and was testing to see if the fayre was any better at Sixfields than at the Ricoh.

I'm delighted to say that the pies were of far superior quality at Sixfields, and that 10p of his fee was actually going to CCFC. Heart-warming stuff.

 

Delboycov

Active Member

• Aug 12, 2013

• #14

I can see how the curiosity factor would come into the equation...rather like 'rubber neckers' driving past an horrific pile up...you don't want to look but you just can't help it! Make no mistake this move to sixfields is an accident waiting to happen. The end result will be the death of our club...if people can't see that then they have buried their heads in the sand.